Jessi vanished again that night. f**k knows what she was doing and probably I should have been worried, but knowing that girl, she's probably there having the time of her life.
And then I realised, I actually committed myself to spending Christmas Eve alone in a Holiday Inn.
Which apparently hadn’t occurred to me in my rush to prove what an awesome friend I was.
Of course, I had my phone and my k****e. There was absolutely no need for me to spend the time lying on my bed, watching the drift of snowflakes against the windows, as if I was the sole survivor of a very quiet apocalypse.
Except, y’know. There I was, lying on my bed, watching the drift of snowflakes against the windows, wondering when I could Skype home without it looking so desperate my family would notice.
This was…this
